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Firmware Engineering Intern [Winter 2027]

Figure· Internships
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San Jose, CA$40/hr - $45/hrinternPosted 2w ago

About the role

Firmware Engineer Intern to support board bring-up, develop and validate firmware features, and assist with integration and testing for Figure's autonomous humanoid robots.

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement and test firmware in C or C++ for critical components such as motor controllers, battery management systems and sensing hardware.
  • Develop Python tools to support test automation or hardware calibration.
  • Contribute to the development of our Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) infrastructure.
  • Support hardware/software integration in the lab.

Qualifications

  • Undergraduate student (Senior) or recent graduate in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field.
  • Minimum 10 weeks internship, 1 to 2 terms preferred.
  • Fluent in C, C++, and Python.
  • Experience implementing low level software on bare-metal systems and RTOS.
  • Good knowledge of computer architecture.
  • Deep understanding of communication buses and protocols like Ethernet, Ethercat, Serial, CAN or USB.
  • Comfortable using lab instruments (oscilloscope, logic analyzer) and in-circuit debugging tools.

Skills

Required:CC++PythonBare-metal/RTOSComputer ArchitectureCommunications protocols
Last updated Oct 7, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Figure

The future of home help is here

Figure is the first-of-its-kind AI robotics company bringing a general purpose humanoid to life.

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